Gerard Butler

Acting · Born 1969-11-13 in Paisley, Scotland, UK

Biography

Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor and film producer. After studying law, he turned to acting in the mid-1990s with minor roles in productions such as Mrs Brown (1997), the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and Tale of the Mummy (1998). In 2000, he starred as Count Dracula in the gothic horror film Dracula 2000. He played Attila the Hun in the miniseries Attila (2001), then appeared in the films Reign of Fire (2002) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003) before starring in the science fiction film Timeline (2003). He played Erik, The Phantom in Joel Schumacher's 2004 musical The Phantom of the Opera. Butler gained wider recognition for portraying King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's fantasy war film 300 (2007). In 2010, he began lending…

Filmography

• 300 as King Leonidas
• How to Train Your Dragon as Stoick (voice)
• Law Abiding Citizen as Clyde Alexander Shelton
• P.S. I Love You as Gerry
• Dear Frankie as The Stranger
• The Phantom of the Opera as The Phantom
• RocknRolla as One-Two
• Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon as Stoick (voice)
• Chasing Mavericks as Frosty Hesson
• How to Train Your Dragon 2 as Stoick (voice)

TV

• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• HypaSpace as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
• The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star as Marty Claymore
• The Jay Leno Show as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
• ARK: The Animated Series as Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice)
• The Jury as Johnnie Donne
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
• Attila as Attila the Hun